Monday Actuals Box Office 5/15/2012 . Avengers 7.9 DS 2.3

[Gideon]

You will all probably laugh at this bit i really liked Cutthroat Island, i liked it much more than the POTC films and it felt like a very old school pirate film from the 40's and 50's.

I liked too!

GeenaDavis is great in my opinion.

But, people, stay away of Pirates from Polanski.

Caught up it on tv the other day.

Turn it off after 20 minutes.

* ass-eating

* pee

* rat-eating

* vinegar medicine in the ass

* monstrous wigs

* costume direction so ooooold and and NO-beautiful.

Offtopic ended

[Jack Nevada]

I liked too!

GeenaDavis is great in my opinion.

But, people, stay away of Pirates from Polanski.

Caught up it on tv the other day.

Turn it off after 20 minutes.

* ass-eating

* pee

* rat-eating

* vinegar medicine in the ass

What is this, a Polanski movie or an especially nasty episode of Jackass?

[baumer]

Title Mon, May. 14 2012 Locations Avg. Total Wks. Dist. 1 Think Like a Man $481,497 -76% 2,052 42 $235 $81,914,337 4 Sony / Screen Gems 2 The Five-Year Engagement $346,815 -67% 2,569 -372 $135 $24,970,235 3 Universal 3 The Pirates! Band of Misfits $198,060 -82% 3,079 -279 $64 $23,245,060 3 Sony / Columbia 4 The Raven $159,647 -62% 1,888 -321 $85 $14,883,422 3 Relativity Media 5 The Three Stooges $61,590 -82% 1,416 -758 $43 $41,215,359 5 Fox Limited (100 — 999) # Title Mon, May. 14 2012 Locations Avg. Total Wks. Dist. 1 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel $279,112 -70% 178 151 $1,568 $4,023,768 2 Fox Searchlight 2 21 Jump Street $64,453 -58% 589 -451 $109 $135,181,996 9 Sony / Columbia 3 American Reunion $41,680 -54% 521 -335 $80 $56,091,850 6 Universal 4 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax $36,400 -75% 455 -66 $80 $209,628,335 11 Universal 5 Mirror Mirror $35,228 -85% 607 -315 $58 $61,029,114 7 Relativity Media 6 Bully (2012) $33,732 11% 263 0 $128 $2,897,803 7 Weinstein Company 7 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen $22,038 -65% 200 -47 $110 $8,564,030 10 CBS Films 8 The Artist $20,759 -74% 751 710 $28 $44,460,229 25 Weinstein Company 9 Titanic 3D $17,825 -70% 157 -176 $114 $57,632,135 6 Paramount 10 Lockout $16,787 -61% 255 -56 $66 $14,153,490 5 Open Road 11 Safe House $7,480 -71% 136 -39 $55 $126,157,135 14 Universal 12 This Means War $5,681 -66% 132 -39 $43 $54,592,465 13 Fox 13 Act of Valor $5,302 -57% 118 -75 $45 $69,909,259 12 Relativity Media Platform (1 — 99) # Title Mon, May. 14 2012 Locations Avg. Total Wks. Dist. 1 Sound of My Voice $8,410 -51% 46 18 $183 $196,684 3 Fox Searchlight 2 The Road (2012) $7,450 -57% 50 -- $149 $64,142 1 Freestyle Releasing 3 Chronicle $2,646 -70% 51 -27 $52 $64,514,409 15 Fox 4 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $1,735 -78% 67 -8 $26 $133,064,154 22 Fox 5 Coriolanus $861 -56% 11 -7 $78 $741,030 17 Weinstein Company 6 Undefeated $646 -50% 13 0 $50 $541,965 13 Weinstein Company 7 Red Tails $432 -45% 9 -3 $48 $49,867,046 17 Fox 8 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D $410 -70% 12 -5 $34 $43,454,066 14 Fox

[stuart360]

He used to be a good action director, but look at the shit he has been spewing for the last ten years. Bleurgh.

Yeah he's been demoted to DTV shite. He's a good action director though and i hope he makes a come back at some point.I remember reading about a script he wanted to make or adapt and it was about warewolves on a space station or moon base or something, it sounds a bit 'wtf?' but the way he described it, it sounded fantastic!, it had a real cool sounding title as well but i can't remember it.

[stuart360]

I liked too!GeenaDavis is great in my opinion.But, people, stay away of Pirates from Polanski.Caught up it on tv the other day.Turn it off after 20 minutes.* ass-eating* pee* rat-eating* vinegar medicine in the ass* monstrous wigs* costume direction so ooooold and and NO-beautiful.Offtopic ended

Cutthroat Island still has the best practical effects explosion ever put on film imo when the ship explodes. Harlin Apparently Harlin wasn't keen on the first explosion so they had to build another ship to do it again weeks later!, i don't know if thats true or a myth but no wonder the budget was so big!.http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvj8rvvcNsU

[Gideon]

Oh thanks for the 'splosion!:)You can definately see it's NO cgi.About TA, i'm sure its first weeekend under 2.3M (this DS monday) won't occure before manyyyyyy weeks.lol

[doublejack]

You will all probably laugh at this bit i really liked Cutthroat Island, i liked it much more than the POTC films and it felt like a very old school pirate film from the 40's and 50's.Speaking of bombs, what about Pluto Nash, it only made like 2mil and cost about 100mil or something!.

I find Cutthroat tolerable, personally, and I do think at times it is better than a couple of the POTC films.... though definitely not the first one. My daughter likes Cutthroat as much as the POTC movies, that's for sure. She gets a kick out of the novelty of a female pirate.There's some really, really bad dialogue in Cutthroat, though. For example:"A ship! I find myself being fired upon by an entire ship!"

Carolcco went bankrupt because of this.Don't gorget Heaven's Gate.The biggest game changer in Hollywood.After this movie, directors became the yes men of producers.

This wasn't the only move that contributed to Carolco's demise. Showgirls says "hello". Cutthroat did the most damage, though. It is considered perhaps the biggest bomb in box office history. Certainly it is in the top 5.

[Gideon]

What is this, a Polanski movie or an especially nasty episode of Jackass?

:rofl:I'm dead serious.I can't even imagine the rest of the movie.(and they thought it could be a hit in the middle of summer '86...god)

[Jack Nevada]

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvj8rvvcNsU

GOOODDAAAAAAAAAMN!

[JarJarBinks]

Actuals:The Avengers -- $7,923,789Dark Shadows -- $2,311,455

[ecstasy]

Overestimated twice in one morning. Reminds me of the Hunger Games early weeks. Do they know how to estimate bigger numbers? lol.

[BiffMan]

The Hunger Games $398,480 -73%

[Gideon]

Oh!So under the 8 barrier?Don't like this.

[ecstasy]

Rth said between 7-8m. It's between 7-8m. Is it still more than any other non holiday, summer etc. Monday? I don't know. Demand has to be burnt off at some point. I don't think I'm gonna even sweat the week day numbers. I'll just wait for the weekend.

Edited May 15, 2012 by ECSTASY

[spizzer]

Cool. I had it at 7.87M, so almost spot on.

[Olive]

I know Rth is never wrong.

[spizzer]

560M is where I have this landing after that Monday number.

[ZattMurdock]

Around-the-World Roundup: 'Avengers' Reaches $1 Billion Worldwide

by Ray Subers

The Avengers

May 13, 2012

With official grosses reporting on Monday, it's official—The Avengers has joined the fabled $1 billion worldwide box office club. The movie reached this level on its 19th day in theaters, which ties the record-breaking pace of Avatarand Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2(though The Avengers was only playing in the U.S. for ten of those days). It currently ranks 12th on the all-time worldwide chart with $1.000.4 billion, and by the end of next weekend it will move up to fourth place behind Avatar, Titanic and Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Source: BoxOfficeMojo

Edited May 15, 2012 by iJackSparrow

[stuart360]

GOOODDAAAAAAAAAMN!

Can you imagine that scene done today?, it would be all cgi and wouldn't look half as good ot have anywhere near the same impact.

[rockNrollaDIM]

If you adjust Cutthroat Island, it made $18.1m on a budget of $148m.

By your adjustment of the gross to $18m ($10m +80%), shouldn't the budget adjust up to $176m ($98m +80%)? That's pretty colossal :lol:I know there are worse bombs than John Carter, but JC is by far the funniest. To me, anyway.